• 한국광물학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.18-32
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• 1997

Analysis of geological data, relating to occurrence and formation of diamonds as well as host rocks, inclined author to have different outlook on the diamond genesis and to establish a proposition on their formation at pneumatolytic-hydrothermal conditions near superficial Earth zones. Based on that theoretical foundations and experimental works, the first low-pressure and low-temperature hydrothermal diamond synthesis from water solution in pressure autoclave was executed. As a result, the natural diamond seed crystal grew bigger ad coupling of the synthetic diamond single-crystalline grains were obtained. SEM documentation proofs that parallely paragenetic crystallization of quartz and diamond, and nucleation of new octahedral diamond crystals brush take place on the seed crystal surface. Forecast of none times growth of diamond industrial application at 2000 and seventeen times at 2010 with reference to 1995, needs technology of large and pure single-crystals diamond synthesis. Growth of the stable and destressed diamond single-crystals in the pseudo-metastable diamond plot, may be realized with processes going through the long time and with participation of free radicals catalysts admixtures only. Sol-gel colloidal processes are an example of environment which form stable crystals in thermodynamically unstable conditions through a long time. Paper critically discusses a whole way of studies on the diamond synthesis, from high-pressure and high-temperature processes through chemical vapour deposition up to hydrothermal experiments.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.689-695
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• 2017

This study was carried out to investigate the physicochemical and adsorptive characteristics of black carbon (BC) materials for cesium in case of severe nuclear accidents. The BC was prepared with a xylem of oak and pine trees incompletely combusted with different ramp rate and final temperature. Carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atomic ratios, BET, pore structure, and zeta potential were characterized for the produced BC. A low cesium concentration ($C_w{\approx}10^{-7}M$) was used for sorption batch experiments. The H/C and O/C ratios of BC decreased with the increase of final temperature, which indicates a carbonization of the wood materials regardless of ramp rate and tree species. However, SEM images showed different pore structures depending on tree species such as steric and plate-like for oak-BC and pine-BC, respectively. The greatest sorption distribution coefficients of $K_{d,Cs}{\approx}1,200{\sim}1,800L\;kg^{-1}$ were observed for the oak-BC produced at $400^{\circ}C$, while comparatively low $K_{d,Cs}$ < $100L\;kg^{-1}$ for pine-BC. In addition, the sorption capabilities of BC declined with the increase of combustion temperature up to $600^{\circ}C$, because high temperature destroyed surface functionalities with the rise of ash components in the BC. Therefore, the sorption processes of BC for radioactive cesium are predominantly controlled by final production temperature of BC as well as raw materials (e.g., tree species).

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.488-501
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• 2000

인류사상 가장 위대한 박물학자인 찰스 다윈(1809-82)이 쓴 사상 최고의 과학여행기인 '비글호 항해기'를 지구과학관점에서 검토했다. 항해기에는 지구과학에 관한 여러 가지의 관찰과 해석이 실려있다. 먼저 다윈이 지질시대가 당시 받아들여지던 것보다 훨씬 더 길다는 사실과 조산운동, 융기, 침강, 침식, 퇴적같은 지질현상과 지질과정을 이해했다. 그가 산호초가만들어지는 과정을 완전하게 설명했으며 생물의 진화에 관한 훌륭한 이론을 제안했다. 화석에 바탕을 두고 고환경을 이치에 맞게 복원한 내용이 항해기에 실려있다. 그가 관찰한 기상학에 관련된 내용으로는 대서양을 내려가면서 '비글'호에서 채집한 생물로 된 먼지부터 안데스산맥 능선에서 경험한 공기 움직임과 극도로 맑고 건조한 환경까지 여러 가지에 이른다. 일반 해양에 관한 관찰로는 바다의 변색을 비롯해 해면의 발광, 갈라파고스군도에서 발견된 패류구, 먼 섬에서 발견된 나무와 식물에 관한 것들과 다른 것들이 있다. 그러나 다윈이 육상여행을 상당히 많이 해서인지 천문학에 관한 기록이 거의 없다. 그의 해석과 제안의 대부분이 지금 받아들여진다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.287-301
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• 2000

본 연구진은 포항지역을 중심으로 1995년부터 1997년의 3년간 오존존데로 관측한 고도별 오존농도 및 오존전량 자료를 이용하여 오존의 수직분포특성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 오존의 수직분포를 체계적으로 밝히기 위해, 지상(100m), 대류권(10km), 하부 성층권(20km), 중부 성층권(30km)을 대표 고도로 설정하여 오존농도의 시 ${\cdot}$ 공간적 분포특성에 대한 비교분석을 시도하였다. 지상(100m) 오존의 경우, 포항제철이 인접해 있음에도 불구하고, 전반적으로 청정지역에서와 유사한 농도분포를 유지하였다. 봄과 여름에 높고 가을과 겨울에 낮은 농도분포는 기상인자들과의 상관성을 고려할 때, 대체로 광화학 반응에 의한 결과로 보여진다. 대류권(10km) 및 하부 성층권(20km)의 경우 춘고하저(春高夏低)의 전형적인 북반구 대류권 오존의 시간적 경향성을 나타내었다. 이는 고도별 오존농도간의 분석결과 성층권 오존의 대류권 이동 및 광화학 반응과 역전층 형성에 의한 결과로 추정된다. 중부 성층권(30km) 오존의 경우 지상 오존의 농도분포 경향과 매우 유사한 월주기 및 계절주기를 취하였다. Brewer 분광광도계에 의한 오존전량은 성층권 오존량 (Umkehr 법)에 의해 크게 좌우되며, 오존전량은 유해자외선 (UV-B)과의 상관성은 미미하나, 운량과는 음의 상관성을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과 지상권뿐만 아니라 대류권 및 성층권 오존의 시간적 특성을 이해하는데 있어 포항이 해안도시라는 지리학적인 요인이 매우 중요하다는 점을 확인할 수 있다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.469-480
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• 2017

Controversy has surrounded the potential impacts of phytoplankton on the tropical climate, since climate models produce diverse behaviors in terms of the equatorial mean state and El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) amplitude. We explored biophysical impacts on the tropical ocean temperature using an ocean general circulation model coupled to a biogeochemistry model in which chlorophyll can modify solar attenuation and in turn feed back to ocean physics. Compared with a control model run excluding biophysical processes, our model with biogeochemistry showed that subsurface chlorophyll concentrations led to an increase in sea surface temperature (particularly in the western Pacific) via horizontal accumulation of heat contents. In the central Pacific, however, a mild cold anomaly appeared, accompanying the strengthened westward currents. The magnitude and skewness of ENSO were also modulated by biophysical feedbacks resulting from the chlorophyll affecting El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ and La $Ni{\tilde{n}}a$ in an asymmetric way. That is, El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ conditions were intensified by the higher contribution of the second baroclinic mode to sea surface temperature anomalies, whereas La $Ni{\tilde{n}}a$ conditions were slightly weakened by the absorption of shortwave radiation by phytoplankton. In our model experiments, the intensification of El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ was more dominant than the dampening of La $Ni{\tilde{n}}a$, resulting in the amplification of ENSO and higher skewness.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2011

This study had been carried out to investigate spatial and temporal variations of the concentrations of trace metals for contaminated surface water in creek affected by leachate from the tailings impoundment of the Yeonhwa II mine for about 2 years. It was also to ascertain the metal removal efficiency for potentially deleterious metals by the artificial and natural attenuation processes such as retention ponds and hydrologic mixing of uncontaminated tributaries. The concentrations of As, Pb, Cd, and Cu for leachate in the rainy season were not detected. On the other hand, the concentrations of Zn, Fe, Mn, Al, and $SO_4^{2-}$ in the rainy season for leachate were 2-66 times higher than those in the dry season, due to the oxidation of the sulfide minerals and the dissolution of the secondary minerals. The concentrations of Zn and Cd for leachate and surface water of the upper creek in the rainy season exceeded the criteria of River Water Quality and Drinking Water Quality but in the dry season, those of analyzed all the metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Cd, Fe, Mn, and Al) for surface water sampled at the study area were below the criteria of River Water Quality and Drinking Water Quality. In regard of the attenuation efficiency for the concentrations of metals, Fe, Mn, Al, Zn, Cd, As, and Cu were removed highly at retention ponds, while the removal efficiency for major cations and sulfate ($SO_4^{2-}$) were related to mixing of the uncontaminated tributaries. Therefore, the major attenuation processes of the metal and sulfate contents in creek affected by leachate from a tailing dump were precipitation (accompanied by metal co-precipitation and sorption), water dilution, and neutralization.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.405-415
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• 2016

We analyzed the micro-meteorological characteristics during typical steam fog over the Gumi Reservoir of Nakdong river with the field observation data for recent 2 year(1 April 2013~31 March 2015) collected by the national institute of meteorological research, KMA. Steam fog occur when the cold drainage flows over the warm water surface. As the sensible and latent heat from water are provided to the air, the instability of lower atmosphere is increased. The resultant vertical mixing of warm, moist air near water surface and cold air aloft causes the formation of status cloud. The convection strengthened by radiative cooling of the upper part of the stratus causes the fog to propagate downward. Also, the temperature at the lowest atmosphere is increased rapidly and the inversion near surface disappear by these processes when the fog forms. The increase of wind speed is observed because the downward transportation of momentum is caused by vertical mixing.

• 대기
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2012

The performances of the Seoul National University Urban Canopy Model (SNUUCM) under different meteorological conditions (clear, cloudy, and rainy conditions) in summertime are compared using observation dataset obtained at an urban site. The daily-averaged net radiation, sensible heat flux, and storage heat flux are largest in clear days and smallest in rainy days, but the daily-averaged latent heat flux is similar among clear, cloudy, and rainy days. That is, the ratio of latent heat flux to net radiation increases in order of clear, cloudy, and rainy conditions. In general, the performance of the SNUUCM is better in clear days than in cloudy or rainy days. However, the performance in simulating sensible heat flux in clear days is as poor as that in rainy days. For all the meteorological conditions, the performance in simulating latent heat flux is worst among the performances in simulating net radiation, sensible heat flux, and latent heat flux. The normalized mean error for latent heat flux is largest in rainy days in which the relative importance of latent heat flux in the surface energy balance becomes greatest among the three conditions. This study suggests that improvements to the parameterization of processes that are related to latent heat flux are particularly needed.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.57.3-57.3
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• 2021

99942 Apophis is an Sq-type Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) with an estimated diameter of 370 m. It will approach the Earth down to 31,000 km from the surface during the encounter on April 13, 2029 UT, which is closer than geostationary satellites. This once-in-a-20,000 year opportunity would further expand our knowledge on the physical and dynamical processes which are expected to occur due to the gravitational tidal forces when an asteroid encounter with a planet. It will also provide an opportunity to promote great knowledge of the science of planetary defense. The science goal of the Apophis mission is to global-map the asteroid before and after the Earth's approach. In this talk, we will present scientific objectives, and briefly introduce instruments and operation scenarios of the mission.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.256-271
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• 2016

The source and transport of the severe Asian dust event (ADE) recently observed in the Korean peninsula were analyzed based on observations (surface weather charts and satellite data) and modeling study (WRF-CMAQ modeling systems). The ADE occurred on 20-21 March 2010 in South Korea with very high $PM_{10}$ concentrations (up to approximately $3,000{\mu}g/m^3$ in Daegu and Jeju). The dominant meteorological conditions affecting the dust outbreak and transport processes were found to be associated with the two synoptic features: (1) strong airflows (i.e., westerlies) induced by a strong pressure gradient resulting from a dense isobar pattern (west-high and east-low) between Tuva Republic and Mongolia and (2) a rapid movement of the strong westerlies merged with airflows generated near Gobi Desert and Inner Mongolia. The merged strong westerlies with a low pressure played a pivotal role in the huge amount of AD and its transport height of 5-8 km. The time and location of dust emissions calculated in the source regions were similar to those observed in the weather charts and satellite image. The ADE simulation mostly showed agreement in the patterns and the concentration levels of modeled dust (including $PM_{10}$) with those of the observations.